Paras and Parasect Only: Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC)

Mah-Dry Bread:

It's time for a Pokemon challenge video. In this, I will see if I can beat the Pokemon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color using only Paras and Parasect for Pokemon. Trainer cards and energies are okay to use. It's time for the fun to begin.

EDIT: Yes, I am aware that I made the mistake of saying Parasect can’t hit Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime’s Pokémon Power goes away if he’s asleep and I simply did not realize this.

#pokemon #pokemonchallenges #pokemontcg

[daklestack]

*destroys Matthew 50 straight times*
*clicks “no” to dueling again*
Matthew: “What, are you afraid of me or something?”

The absolute nads on this man lmao

[MahDryBread]

Man, you did an awesome job on this! You refreshed me on how the game works, the presentation was fun, and it feels like one of your videos despite not being what you usually do. Awesome video!

[CLC.]

Stalling with Mysterious Fossil is so galaxy brained

[kulrigalestout]

You find out what kind of people your friends really are when you sit down for a game of the TCG with them. I had a friend argue up and down that a Potion could totally restore 60 health, because it just so happened that one of the damage counters being removed represented 50 HP each and the card didn't specifically state /which/ damage counters /could/ be removed. But only for **his** pokemon. Whenever anyone else used his logic he would go into a tirade about how "damage counter" specifically refers to the smaller ten damage units, because that's more in line with the spirit of the rule as well as their well known and documented effect in the video games. I hope Jeremy is either a lawyer or a better person now.

[tyrannochu]

So, Invisible Wall gets shut off while Mr.Mime is asleep. If you could get a turn or two with it asleep you could have killed it like that.

[ktvx.]

Imagine if the mulligan rule applied and your opponent drew a card every time you drew no Paras.

[dovesr]

Great video, the "can I beat pokemon with X restriction" videos are a pretty tired format by now, but the TCG game is not only more interesting in my opinion, but also something new. I'm not surprised you struggled against the electric trainers, Electabuzz is widely known to be one of the best cards in base set because of it's great energy to damage ratio. Hitmonchan and Scyther are also very strong, and all 3 were used in a very old deck called Haymaker which won games with fast and efficient damage.

[AdvanceAudio]

Dude, i've been watching a bunch of your videos about Pokémon Trading Card for the game boy color, and i really enjoy them.
i thought i was the only on mad lad who still played this and i came here and you did a lot of really interesting challenges.

[AsherAluminumstein]

The game isn't truly beaten. You never defeated Imakuni

[DrNekobeard]

This game is such a funny little nugget in the Pokemon franchise

[themangog]

You do know that you could have used spore with Parasect to put Mr Mime to sleep right? Pokemon powers are negated by sleep, confusion and paralysis.

[jakeq]

This was the first time ever that I have understood TCG. You definitely should do more of these kinds of videos.

[Braekscg]

'can't attack mr.mime whose ability doesn't work while asleep' Parasect screaming at you that he can put opposing pokemon to sleep.

[Justinforsure]

I love that the science club just casually has a Mewtwo card. Good job on defeating everyone! It was really interesting to watch you try to beat all the fire types and stall out Rod lol

[OfficialBugBoi]

Just stumbled on this video and what a refreshing spin on Pokémon challenges. I’d never think to play the TCG video game.

[mistingwolf]

That Mr. Mime is a pain, but your parasect has Spore, which will put it to sleep, and then Mime's ability is negated.

[lopshie]

I can safely say that I never expected Pokemon TCG challenges. This is such a great idea! Hopefully there'll be more to see in the future.

[VestedUTuber]

So, the way I would build a Parasect only deck would be as follows:
4x Paras
4x Parasect
4x Professor Oak
4x Bill
4x Super Energy Removal
4x Energy Removal
4x Computer Search
4x Gust of Wind
3x Energy Search
3x Pokeball
2x Pokedex
2x Gambler
1x Lass
4x Double Colorless Energy
13x Grass Energy
It's a pretty simple deck and could probably hold its own against a regular Haymaker deck (not any Magmar variants, though). You'll most likely start on one Paras, so you just need to turbo out the other three and their evolutions. You'll mainly be deep-drawing for them using Professor Oak and Bill, but you also have Computer Search, and Pokeballs in a pinch. The Gamblers and Lass are anti-deckout tools, so you can return your cards to the deck after drawing like crazy to get what you need. Once you've filled your bench, you only really need one DCE and one Grass per Pokemon, and since you're just flinging fast 30-for-3s at your opponent you don't need to get too technical with switching things out. Super Energy Removals and Energy Removals are to keep your opponent from doing anything while you beat up their Pokemon.

[luisgonzalez-iigc]

4:39 Bro, all mathew had to do was whip out the trades😂

[dellstudio]

Recently played through this game with the good ol haymaker deck. I don't recommend it as mows through everyone with little effort. But making a video based on beating the game with the original base set, jungle and fossil meta decks would be interesting.